The Descent

Movies
Max Link

Thoughts

The Descent is probably one of the best horror movies of the 2000s. It's still very well done. It capitalizes on some real phobias that I have - the deep dark, claustrophobia, etc. Luckily for me I'm too Black to every put myself in the situation these women find themselves in, so it's all good. Instead I get to watch them fumble their way through an unmarked cave, and the monsters that live there.

The real monster ends up being betrayal. I won't spoil in what way, if you haven't seen it, but it leads to one of the most brutal endings I've ever seen in a horror movie. But it's somehow deeply cathartic at the same time. Very, very well done film. It's awesome that it never got a shitty straight-to-DVD sequel!